Psychology is considered as a field that deals with mind and behavior. The scientists or practitioners of this field are known as “Psychologists” who understands a person's mental functions and its relevant social behavior. To comprehend this mental and social concept in depth, several branches of Psychology are made according to profession and issues. But, The foremost 5 branches are:-
1. Abnormal Psychology
In this, unusual patterns of behavior, thoughts and emotions are study by psychologists. They divide these abnormal behaviors into three categories that are subnormal, super-normal and paranormal.
2. Clinical Psychology
It is an integration of science in which psychologists understands, study and prevent dysfunction and promote personality development. The clinical psychology services are further divided into four categories known as psycho-dynamic, humanistic, cognitive behavior and family therapy.
3. Forensic Psychology
This branch of psychology is an intersection between psychology and the justice system. In this field, a psychologist should know about the fundamental legal principles and jurisdictional considerations.
4. Personality Psychology
Various personalities of an individual are studied in this branch. Psychologists believe that an individual personality can be influenced through the environment, cognition's, emotions, motivations and much more factors.
5. Social Psychology
A study that displays an individual thought, feeling and behavior get changed due to actual, imagined and presence of others is considered as Social Psychology. It is a common branch that also relates to sociology, personality psychology and anthropology.
At last, other than these, there are enormous of psychology branches such as behavioral, cognitive, development, education, school and much more available in which it deals with different aspects of an individual behavior.
